The WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza features Decatur MacArthur at U-High.… MORE
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The WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza features Decatur MacArthur at U-High.… MORE
The annual Chili Bowl football game between Normal West and Normal Community started spicy, but mellowed as NCHS scored five straight touchdowns in a 49-27 win.… MORE
The Unit 5 high schools square off in the annual Chili Bowl in the featured game of Week 2 of the WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza. … MORE
Out of four new head coaches of the five Intercity high school football programs, three earned wins in their first games leading their programs. … MORE
The WJBC Friday Night High School Football Extravaganza opens the 2018 season with live coverage of six games. … MORE
With less than three weeks until the first game whistle blows, high school football programs have begun preparing for the upcoming season. … MORE
Joe Walters will be an Intercity head football coach this season after all.… MORE
Finalists have been announced for the State Farm Student-Athlete Recognition Banquet.… MORE
Normal West’s girls soccer team will be making its first trip to the state finals since 2014 as the Wildcats play St. Viator in the semifinals in Naperville at 1 p.m. Friday.… MORE
Several Central Catholic High School student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent on Thursday to continue their athletic careers in college.… MORE
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…